Our Disney Vacation with Fay and the Crab Assasins - COMPLETE!! - UPDATED 9/16 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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There are other changes as well.
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To a new day, we go on.
It's time to move on and move forward.
PassPorter is a small business, and for many years it supported our family. But the world changed, print books took a backseat to the Internet, and for a long time now it has been unable to make ends meet. We've had to find new ways to support our family, which means new careers and less and less time available to devote to our first baby, PassPorter.
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I'm glad the WL was able to accomodate you.
We were at HS all day that day. The only lines we encountered were TSM, which we skipped and the Backlot tour.
I wish we had had more time, but TSM was really the reason we were there.
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Originally Posted by tinker_me_happy
I can just picture that couple at the Alamo counter!
Oh My! I swear, it was like "THey only have a hummer with 12000 miles,babe." "I don't want a car with over 10,000 miles" "She doesn't want a car with that many miles" . . ."Babe, they only have a little car that has less than 10,000" . . ." I don't want a little car" . . ."She wants a bigger car." . . . .Yada yada infinity!!! AHHHHHHHHHHH
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Originally Posted by B.M.
Glad you could get the bigger vehicle!
Sounds like you guys had a great stay at WL, can't wait to hear about Vero!
We absolutely, all 6 of us are totally gaga over WL. I think it may have spoiled us though, becuase we will never be happy staying anywhere else!!!
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Originally Posted by mousestruck
All caught up! Boy, I would have gone over the edge if I saw the resort piling up sandbags! Glad you were able to extend your stay at WL and rectify the car mix-up. (That's too funny!) I am anxious to hear how you made it to Vero Beach and all about your visit. Come back with more soon!
To be fair, they had 4 sandbags in front of each of the double doors leading into the lodge from the balcony areas. So altogether there were 12 sandbags that I saw. The car mix-up was great fun to write about I'll admit, but it wasn't funny at the time, I was in a panic, but trying not to show it.
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Originally Posted by DyanKJ130
Great updates!! Glad you were able to secure an extra night at WL!! Can't wait to hear more
Thanks! I can't wait to get the vero beach pictures ready to upload so I can write the next installment!
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Originally Posted by Colexis Mom
Glad you were able to get a bigger car!! Can't wait to hear about Vero
I am glad too!! I have no idea what we would have done otherwise!!
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Originally Posted by lindawdw
You really took charge of the car situation!!! I would have been quite panicky I hope the rain didn't put a damper on your Vero Beach leg of the trip.
Well, the thing is, I am the vacation planner, and I do it ALL. ANd this vacation was one hubby didn't really want to take at first, and since it was my DH and both kids first time at Disney, I was desperate to make sure that it was totally magical, with no big issues. THe car would have been a huge issue,and so I actually didn't even tell hubby exactly what was going on until I had fixed the situation! Unfortunatley Fay was more than a Damper, for us and for lots of other families! But the trip did end on a high note, so stay tuned!
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I can just picture that couple at the Alamo counter!
"She doesn't want a car with that many miles" . . ."Babe, they only have a little car that has less than 10,000" . . ." I don't want a little car" 
Can't wait to hear about Vero 
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